Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability Description
The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible forauthenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- JongHwan Shin
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c495d7f6-6d4a-4b1a-90f9-5273e7773d7a?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v6.php#L332
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v6.php#L337
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v6.php#L361
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v6.php#L374
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v7.php#L361
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v7.php#L376
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v6.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/trunk/fields/acf-font-awesome-v7.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3435775%40advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome&new=3435775%40advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Affected Vendor
mattkeys
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